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Speaking of Ozzy, on this day in 1984, 19-year-old John D. McCollum killed himself with a .22 caliber handgun after spending the day listening to Ozzy Osbourne records. One year later, McCollum's parents took court action against Ozzy and CBS Records, alleging that the song "Suicide Solution" from the album Blizzard of Ozz contributed to their son's death. The case was eventually thrown out of court. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -

Gene Simmons Hospitalized After Collapse

KISS founder Gene Simmons was reportedly hospitalized on Sunday after collapsing at an airport.

Jam! reports that Simmons fainted at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday and suffered a cut to his forehead from the fall.

He was diagnosed with dehydration after being taken to Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, California and was released on Monday, according to Jam!. - more on this story

Free Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax Download

(hennemusic) Earlier this year, The Big 4 of Thrash, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax, teamed up for a series of seven shows on the Sonisphere touring festival in Europe.

For the Bulgarian encore, The Big 4 took to the stage to do a cover of Diamondhead's "Am I Evil?" – showcasing more metal, and guitars, on one stage than you may ever see again in your life.

Now…"The Big 4" and the U.S. iTunes Store have teamed up to celebrate the upcoming DVD release of "The Big 4: Live in Sofia, Bulgaria" by offering a FREE video download of members from all four bands performing "Am I Evil?" together that night. - more on this story

Beastie Boys Set New Album Release

After teasing fans last week with a fun post on their official website about their forthcoming album, The Beastie Boys are having even more fun with the official full announcement for their new album which will be released next spring:

In what can only be described as a bizarre coincidence, following an exhaustive re-sequence marathon, Beastie Boys have verified that their new Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 will be comprised of the same 16 tracks originally slated for inclusion on Hot Sauce Committee Part 1.

The tracks originally recorded for Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (which now are actually back on Part 1) have now apparently been bumped to make room for the former Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 material. - Wait, what?

Zakk Wylde Releases Christmas Tune

(Gibson) Perhaps you've spent time huddled together with your loved ones during the holiday season, roasting chestnuts over an open fire and listening to seasonal tunes, wishing the music on the stereo had just a little more Zakk Wylde in it. Well, Christmas has come early for you.

Wylde's Black Label Society has released their version of the holiday classic, "The First Noel." You can download it now via iTunes.

According to a post on ZakkWylde.com, the folks in BLS walked into their neighborhood hardware superstore, saw "more Christmas Trees than Goblins," and realized they should celebrate the holidays a bit early. It's too bad the song is a download only release, because the skull with a Santa hat cover is a keeper. - more on this story

The Ocean Robbed By Fake Cops

The Ocean, who are currently on tour supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan in Europe, were robbed on a highway near Madrid last Wednesday, October 20.

The band issued this statement: "Two guys in a black BMW pulled us over with fake police IDs. They asked for our van papers and IDs and wanted to know if we had any money to declare. We were not skeptical at this point, as it is normal in Europe that you have to declare larger amounts of money when you're crossing borders, so we told them we had merch money with us, and the guy wanted to see it. When we showed them the merch wallet, the guy reached through the open window, seized it and ran back to the BMW in front of us, where his colleague was waiting with the engine running. Unfortunately our van and trailer don't match the speed of a BMW, but fortunately it's not allowed to carry guns in Europe, as otherwise we would be in jail now for shooting the guy in the face.

"We are facing a loss of +6000 euro of merch income of the last days and fees. The exact amount is still to be determined. As some of you may or may not know, conditions on support tours are usually grim. Fees are low and barely cover expenses for van, gas, highway tolls, ferries etc. There is no accommodation arrangements, we've been crashing out on people's floors for weeks. Losing more than 6000 euro is something we simply cannot afford at this point. - more on this story

Metallica Releasing New EP in November

Metallica aren't done with 2010. After releasing a live EP last month the band has another installment ready to go next month. Here is what they had to say:

If you picked up 'Six Feet Down Under', you may have noticed the words 'EP One' on the package and were quick to ask, 'What the hell does that mean?' Well, drum roll please . . . you guessed it, there is indeed an 'EP Two' in the works . . . very clever clue, don't ya think? Look for 'Six Feet Down Under Part II' in Australian and New Zealand stores, along with Metallica.com and Metclub.com, on November 12.

In our quest to have something unique and special to celebrate our long overdue visit to this part of the world, as well as the final stretch of 'World Magnetic' tour dates, we wanted to release some live recordings from previous tours on EP # 1 and a companion EP from the current 2010 tour. The first time around we called on you to send us your bootleg recordings from those earlier tour dates going back as far as 1989 and we pulled a track list together from the submissions. Once again we went to you, the 'TALLICA faithful, for help and polled Fan Club members from Australia and New Zealand to come up with their top eight picks from all the 41 songs played during the early part of the Trans-Tasman run this year. - tracklisting

Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine Revisited

(Gibson) Although Trent Reznor has put Nine Inch Nails on indefinite hiatus, that doesn't mean he's completely done with his industrial rock outfit. He's recently been at work on a reissue of the band's 1989 debut album, Pretty Hate Machine.

Reznor and engineer Tom Baker remastered all of the original album's tracks, and added the Queen cover "Get Down, Make Love," which appeared as a B-side to NIN's 1990 single, "Sin." The remastered re-release hits stores on November 22.

"It's been an interesting trip watching the fate of this record float from one set of hands to another (a long and depressing story) but it's finally wound up in friendly territory, allowing us to polish it up a bit and present it to you now," Reznor said in a post on Nine Inch Nails' website. "We had fun revisiting this old friend." - more on this story

The T.J. Martell Gala To Tribute Ronnie James Dio

The T.J. Martell Foundation 35th Annual Awards Gala will include a special tribute to legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, who recently succumbed to cancer.

Colbie Caillat, Enrique Iglesias, 3 Doors Down, Erin McCarley and Charlie Daniels will perform at the event which takes place on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at the New York Marriott Marquis. - more on this story

Unearth Lose A Member

Unearth have parted ways with drummer Derek Kerswill due to "creative differences."

The band says of the parting: "After three plus years of touring the world together and playing on our latest album 'The March,' we have parted ways with drummer Derek Kerswill. The most notable reason for the split are the creative differences. The time has come for Unearth to write a new album and creating music with a tight unit is the only way we can assure the best collection of songs possible. The differences between Kerswill and the band started off as subtle, but became increasingly obvious over the past few months and it was time for both parties to go their separate ways. We have shared a ton of great experiences and achieved many of the goals we set for ourselves in the time he was in the band. There is no ill will from either side of this decision and we wish him only the best moving forward... Unearth won't skip a beat, though, as we will be announcing a replacement drummer for our upcoming European stint on the Persistence Tour shortly. Lastly some exciting plans are coming together for the recording to the follow up to 'The March,' sometime early in 2011."

Kerswill issued this statement: "Creative differences are real and unfortunately have gotten the best of me. I wish the guys luck in the future and thank you to everyone who ever loved and supported 'The March.'" -

Preview Hinder's Nightmare

Hinder's new album, "All American Nightmare" will be released on December 14th but you can get a taste now as the band have posted the title track online.

The new album follows up their previous efforts "Extreme Behavior" and "Take it to the limit", which combined sold over 3 million albums and features songs co written by the Warner Bros out of Nashville (Tim McGraw's writers and band.)

Check out the title track from the new album "All American Nightmare" which is co produced by Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne and Five Finger Death Patch) - here

Imagine John Lennon On Rock Band

John Lennon's Imagine will be among the first albums released as Rock Band 3 downloadable content.

"The songs on John Lennon's Imagine run the gamut from beautiful piano-driven ballads like 'Jealous Guy' to all-out guitar rockers like 'Gimme Some Truth'," said Paul DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games, music and programming for MTV Networks. "It's an incredible musical statement, and a real workout on keyboard, guitar and vocals in Rock Band 3. We're very excited to confirm it as one of the first downloads for our new game, and to help our fans celebrate John's 70th birthday with its release."

As previously announced, The Doors will kick off Rock Band 3 downloadable content Oct. 22, but Harmonix and MTV Games have quite a line-up to follow that debut. Adding to an already impressive catalog of more than 2,000* songs available on the Rock Band platform, music from John Lennon, The Doors, Bon Jovi and Billy Joel will also be among the first available for download through the Rock Band 3 Music Store after the game launches Oct. 26 in the United States and Oct. 29 in the rest of the world. - more on this story

Free Motorhead Ace of Beer Blues Download

(hennemusic) A free download of Motorhead's new blues version of their classic, "Ace Of Spades," is now available.

Motorhead re-recorded their track for use in a UK beer ad for Kronenbourg 1664, which debuted this past Sunday.

Lemmy and the guys hit the studio to re-record their classic as a blues number for the campaign, whose theme is "Slow the pace." Recorded at half the speed of the original, the new version of "Ace Of Spades" features Lemmy on harmonica. - Check out the ad and grab the download link here

A Live Purple Christmas for Prince Fans

(Gibson) At a recent press conference, Prince announced that his Welcome 2 America concert series would begin "on a purple day in December." According to New York R&B radio station WBLS, that purple day will be December 14.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will begin a run of east coast dates at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. He'll play three shows in Jersey (December 14, 15 and 17) before rocking Madison Square Garden on December 19 and 29. It's expected that more dates will be announced.

Although an official ticket announcement has not been made, WBLS claimed that tickets to the existing shows would go on sale on Saturday, October 30. According to the "Purple Rain" singer's press conference, the concerts will feature Maceo Parker, Cassandra Wilson, Janelle Monae, Sheila E., Mint Condition, Esperanza Spalding, Sinbad, the New Power Generation and others. Prince fan site Prince.org is suggesting that after-shows will take place at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theatre. - more on this story

Orgy Break-Up

Orgy members Ryan Shuck (guitar), Amir Derakh (guitar), Bobby Hewitt (drums) and Paige Haley (bass) announced: As of October 26, Jay Gordon [vocals] will be leaving the original band Orgy.

We don't know what this means for the future of Orgy, but we are assuming that Jay intends to release new music under the name Orgy. We don't know if Jay has a new band waiting in the wings to replace us, or if he plans on doing it all on his own - but we do know that Jay is a talented writer, and we are sure that he will come up with something great.

Over the last few years we have tried to get the band together and tour or write new music - even though we are juggling multiple businesses as well as three original music projects (Julien-K, Dead By Sunrise, and Circuit Freq), we have always been willing to make time for Orgy. - Read the rest of the statement at Metal Rage

Jimmy Page Discusses His New Book

(hennemusic) The reclusive Jimmy Page sat down to discuss his self-titled, limited-edition photo biography with its photo editor, Dave Brolan, for Lid magazine

Dave Brolan: It's entirely appropriate that you should choose to do a photographic book as the camera was there right at the beginning of your musical career and is always present in one way or another.

Jimmy Page: I liked the idea of doing something from the first shot where I was involved with music, curiously enough taken when I was a choirboy, by the choirmaster who was an amateur photographer... The whole point here is that it's a life in music and so I can see I'm really living it, the way that I was living it. Considering this starts off properly in 1958, or whatever, with the Tony Busson pictures, it's a bunch of kids that have got this rock & roll ethic in their dreams you know? Although those dreams don't necessarily translate beyond a front room in somebody's house, it's living that sort of dream their own way and you can see this attitude, I love those photos. - more on this story

Yo Flaming Lips Gabba Gabba

(Gibson) In what seems like a perfect match, neo-psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips will appear with the Yo Gabba Gabba gang on the show's November 5 episode.

The Oklahoma City band will team up with the Nickelodeon children's show to sing "I Can Be a Frog," a song created by the series' writing team.

According to Spinner.com, frontman Wayne Coyne and company have been playing "I Can Be a Frog" in their live shows. Apparently, the tune requires a bit of audience participations, particularly on the lines "I can be a tiger" and "She said I can be a monkey." - more on this story

DevilDriver To Unleash The Beast Next Year

DevilDriver's fifth album, Beast, will be released by Roadrunner Records on February 22, 2011.

Beast was produced by Mark Lewis (All That Remains, Trivium, The Black Dahlia Murder).

The band recorded 14 songs during the Beast sessions, with 11 or 12 tracks expected to make the final cut. Some song titles are as follows: "Dead to Rights," "Hardened," "Bring The Fight (To the Floor)," "Shitlist," "Talons Out (Teeth Sharpened)," "Blur," "You Make Me Sick (Sacred Secrets)," "The Blame Game," "Coldblooded, "Crowns of Creation" and "Lend Myself to the Night." - more on this story

Social Distortion Announce Tour With Lucero and Chuck Ragan

Social Distortion have announced a January/February west coast tour that will feature support from Lucero and Chuck Ragan, with The Aggrolites playing select dates.

The trek is in support of Social D's forthcoming album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, which is scheduled for release on January 18.

Social Distortion's west coast run marks the first time since 2004/2005 the band has done a full tour of the region. - more on this story

Singled Out: Tangents (Unearth/Seemless/ Hour/Flat-12)

Today Dave Witham from Tangents tells us about "The Pieces Fall" from their brand new album "One Little Light Year," which is being released today. Tangets is a rock duo that features Dave (Of the Hour/Flat-12) and Derek Kerswill (Ex-Unearth/Seemless). Here is the story:

The Pieces Fall was one of the first demos that I worked out for the Tangents album, One Little Light Year. It was also the beginning of a new musical goal of mine, to write more chord-based songs that would stand up as much in a full rock band type setting as they would a stripped down acoustic setting.

I had been trying to put songs together previously, but I was depending on technology too much. I was trying to write songs that were based too much on what I could do on the computer… using different samples and sounds. Someone would ask me to play some new things that I was working on. I would grab my guitar and realize that… I couldn't play anything that I had been writing! I had some songs, but it just wouldn't translate on a standard instrument. How good could a song be if the chord structure and basic harmony of the piece were so non-existent? If I tried to recreate one of those songs on the guitar, it would just sound like a big blob of boring. So, I began working on putting some songs together in the traditional way; Sitting down with the guitar or piano and working things out, and then going to layer all the production stuff after.

In retrospect, I really think that The Pieces Fall is one of the reasons that Tangents exists. It was the first full demo that I sent Derek to check out, and I know it made a pretty big impression on him. Ultimately, it is one of the big reasons we are working together now. His playing and drums are the glue that holds the whole thing together.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - more on this story

Gregory Isaacs RIP

(Gibson) Jamaican reggae star Gregory Isaacs died yesterday at his home in London after a long illness. He was 59.

Isaacs, once described by the New York Times as "the most exquisite voice in reggae," had been diagnosed with lung cancer a year ago. BBC News reports his wife Linda as saying: "Gregory was well-loved by everyone, his fans and his family, and he worked really hard to make sure he delivered the music they loved and enjoyed. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends."

Madness singer Suggs, speaking at last night's Q Awards in London said: "He was a great reggae artist and also one of the most sartorially elegant stars on the world stage." - more on this story

Four Classic Primal Fear Album Remastered and Expanded

Four classic Primal Fear albums, the self-titled debut (1998), "Jaws of Death" (1999), "Nuclear Fire" (2001) and "Devil's Ground" (2004), are being reissued in new digipak editions, each limited to 2000 copies.

All albums include bonus tracks. The material was remastered using tube technology, digitally edited on a golden disc.

Metal Mind Productions set up the release date for November, 22nd in Europe and January, 11th 2011 in USA (via MVD). - more on this story

Cradle Of Filth Announce North American Tour

Cradle Of Filth has announced dates for their upcoming North American tour which kicks off in February.

Cradle Of Filth are set to headline the "Creatures From The Black Abyss Tour" which will also feature Nachtmystium, Turisas, and Daniel Lioneye.

The tour is in support of Cradle Of Filth's new album, Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, which will hit stores on November 9th on Nuclear Blast Records. - more on this story

King of Pop Tops The King of Rock and Roll

(Gibson) Forbes.com has announced that Michael Jackson is the past year's top-earning dead celebrity. The King of Pop made $275 million, more than the other 12 celebrities on the list combined.

Elvis Presley came in at a very distant #2 with $60 million earned, much of it from tours of his Graceland estate, a Cirque du Soleil show and lots of licensing deals.

"Jackson's spot atop our top earning dead celebrities list should come as no surprise given the renewed fan interest in music, videos and all things Michael Jackson," Forbes writer Lacey Rose said. "Thanks to a lucrative catalog, hit film and album sales, the late king of pop earned more in the last year than Lady Gaga, Madonna and Jay-Z, combined." - more on this story

It's Keith Richards Week

Yesterday SIRIUS XM Radio launched "Keith Richards Week," a week-long celebration honoring the artistry and talent of Rolling Stones living-legend, Keith Richards.

"Keith Richards Week" will feature a four-part, intimate and in-depth conversation between Richards and E Street Band member and producer of SIRIUS XM's Underground Garage channel, "Little Steven" Van Zandt.

Listeners will hear Richards, who Steven considers the Godfather of Garage Rock, talk about living the ultimate rock and roll lifestyle, his career in the Rolling Stones—from their formation to the present, as well as their future plans, and his new, long-awaited autobiography, LIFE. - more on this story

Kasabian Named Best Act in the World

(Gibson) At Sunday night's Q Awards in London, Kasabian were named Best Act in the World while Florence Welch, of Florence and the Machine, won twice for Best Female and Best Track for "You've Got the Love."

Best Album went to High Violet from New York band The National. Paolo Nutini picked up the Best Male award and Bryan Ferry was named the Q Icon. The Q Classic Album went to Wings' Band on the Run, and Green Day were named Best Live Act.

BBC News reports that Take That made their first public appearance since Robbie Williams rejoined them in July. Accepting their Hall of Fame award, Robbie Williams said he was "very happy to be back." - more on this story

Bee Gees Films Hitting DVD and Blu-ray

(Kayos) Eagle Rock Entertainment will release In Our Own Time, a look at the history of The Bee Gees. This film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 16.

On In Our Own Time, brand new interviews with Barry and Robin Gibb, as well as Maurice Gibb shortly before his 2003 passing, tell the compelling tale of their family business. With a half-century of memories, and the amazing video clips to go with it, the Gibb brothers go through it all, and no stone is left unturned. Interweaved with live performances, TV and film clips, and early, rare videos of the band, this 116-minute documentary lavishly illustrates The Bee Gees experience.

The Bee Gees remarkable candor on the disparity between their incredible successes and their heartbreaking lows make In Our Own Time essential and dramatic viewing even if one is only a casual fan. Robin, Barry, and Maurice Gibb offer revealing and personal commentary on each step of the journey: their burgeoning childhood stardom in their native Australia, their first flush of success in London, the break-up and inevitable reunion, the phantasmagoria of fame ricocheting from Saturday Night Fever, and their work as songwriters, penning tunes not only for themselves, but Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Kenny Rogers, and Dolly Parton. It is, in essence, the history of pop music itself spanning the '60s, '70s and beyond. The DVD ends on a note of hope: Barry and Robin singing anew those classic songs again for the camera, leaving the door open to more Bee Gees chapters. - more on this story

When Andy Left Duran Duran

(Gibson) On this day in 2006, the Duran Duran fan club issued the following statement on guitarist Andy Taylor quitting the band for a second time.

"The four of us have dissolved our partnership and will be continuing as Duran Duran without Andy, as we have reached a point in our relationship with him where there is an unworkable gulf between us and we can no longer effectively function together," read the letter, signed "Simon, John, Nick and Roger."

It was the second time the Duran Duran guitarist had split from Simon Le Bon and Co. Taylor, who played guitar on the band's first three studio albums in the '80s, originally left Duran Duran after the release of 1986's Notorious. He rejoined the group in 2001, following a spell with '80s supergroup Power Station. - more on this story

Neon Trees and Good Charlotte Get Plugged In for Free Concerts

Neon Trees and Good Charlotte will be among the first acts to perform during Universal CityWalk's new "Plugged In" concert series featuring free, full-set performances throughout the year.

On October 26, CityWalk jumpstarts the fall "Plugged In" concert series with a free 7:30 p.m. performance by Neon Trees. As part of the event, fans will be able to purchase their album "Habits," and have it signed at a meet-and-greet following the performance.

Good Charlotte will play on Thursday, November 4 at 7:30 p.m. in celebration of "Cardiology", the band's first album release in nearly four years. - more on this story

U2's Bono Gets Lost

(Gibson) The Daily Express reports today that U2 singer Bono once found himself lost at the U.K. Prime Minister's residence in London.

The Irish superstar had been asked to Number 10 Downing Street when Tony Blair was still Prime Minister. Bono says he partook of a few glasses of wine and when Tony Blair stepped away to take a phone call, the U2 frontman wandered off and found himself lost in the corridors of power.

"So I'm wandering through No. 10 and I got lost," Bono said. "It's a labyrinth. I'm walking into rooms, looking at pictures on the wall of David Lloyd George, who divided Ireland under threat of war. I thought how far have two countries come when the Irish rock star can wander through No. 10 unaccompanied. I should have taken a portrait of Lloyd!" - more on this story